blab
verb
1 blab
Divulge confidential information or secrets.
synonyms: babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle.
Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Dutch: roddelen, bezingen, doorslaan
2 blab
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
synonyms: blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle ... show more.
Dutch: ratelen, fantaseren
Moby thesaurus: agreeable rattle, babble, babblement, babbler, bavardage, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, betray, betray a confidence, betrayer, bibble-babble, big talker, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blah-blah, blather, blatherer, blether, blethers, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, broadcast, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chatterbox, chatterer, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, delator, disclose, dither, divulge, expose, fink, gab, gabber, gabble, gabbler, gas, gasbag, gibber, gibble-gabble, gibble-gabbler, give away, go on, gossip, great talker, guff, gush, haver, hot air, hot-air artist, idle chatterer, idle talk, inform, inform against, inform on, informer, jabber, jabberer, jaw, jay, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, magpie, mere talk, moulin a paroles, narc, natter, noise about, nonsense talk, palaver, patter, patterer, peach, peacher, pour forth, prate, prater, prating, prattle, prattler, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rat, rattle, rattle on, reel off, reveal, reveal a secret, rumor, run on, sell out, sing, snitch, snitch on, snitcher, spill, spill the beans, spout, spout off, spy, squeal, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, talebearer, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tattle, tattle on, tattler, tattletale, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, telltale, testify against, tittle-tattle, turn informer, twaddle, twattle, waffle, whistle-blower, windbag, windjammer, word-slinger, yak, yakkety-yak ... show more.
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